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Triton XXV  11-12 Jan 2022
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Lot 596

Estimate: 2500 USD
Price realized: 4750 USD
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.98 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Late phase. ÞAONA[NO]ÞA[O] KA NhÞKI KOÞANO, Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / ΦAPPO to left upward, nimbate and diademed Pharro, head adorned with wings, standing right, holding purse in right hand and scepter in left; tamgha to right. MK 69 (O28/R1); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –. Near EF. Extremely rare, Göbl cites five examples (three of which are in public collections), one in CoinArchives (the far inferior specimen in Gitbud Numismatik 2, lot 87 = Gitbud Numismatik 1, lot 81).

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